CAPTIVE ON THE FENS a gripping crime thriller full of twists by JOY ELLIS

Author:JOY ELLIS [ELLIS, JOY]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Joffe Books Mystery, Crime Thriller, Suspense Fiction
Published: 2017-01-23T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

Mr Fabian ended the call and put his phone back in his pocket. He stared out of the car window and thought how much he hated this flat land with its monotonous miles of ploughed fields and meandering lanes that led nowhere.

And the news that Fat Man Carver had just imparted did nothing to lift his spirits either. Still, he had always been an optimist and when one door closed . . . Carver paid very well, he always had, but if his brave new empire was sinking before he had even launched it, then it was time to abandon ship. No way was he going to go down with it. And he knew without asking that Mr Venables would feel the same.

He idly scratched at his chin. Considering all the jobs that Carver had put their way in the past, he felt that they owed Freddie one more favour before they took their leave of this appallingly bleak county. He would honour that debt.

Carver usually paid him in cash, but for the occasions when this wasn’t possible they had set up a complex system of transferring money safely. It was untraceable, and Mr Fabian knew that as soon as he had agreed to accept this job, Carver would have made a payment into one of his many offshore accounts.

Fabian reached across to the passenger seat, picked up his briefcase and withdrew an opaque plastic folder. He had not expected to ever have to open it. Carver had said that it was a failsafe and would most likely never be activated, but since the Fat Man’s best laid plans seemed to have gone awry, Mr Fabian’s extraordinary expertise was now called for.

Inside the envelope was a series of photographs, a set of telephone numbers, a code name, and a short dossier of personal details. He took the first photo and contemplated it seriously. The woman was blonde, petite and looked about as far from the stereotype police officer as you could get. He looked closer and decided that she was considerably older than the ponytail and fresh face showed at first. He checked her date of birth and gave a little nod. She was probably one of the prettiest marks he had ever had the pleasure of dealing with. A lascivious smile spread across his face. So, the last job that he would ever do for Freddie Carver would be a labour of love. How nice. He knew what the Fat Man expected of him but the fact was, Mr Fabian was a great deal more inventive than dear Freddie. And just in case his remuneration didn’t materialise, he would take his reward another way. Every job had its perks.

He ran a finger lightly over the slim body in the photograph and sighed. Up until now, all of his work had been purely clinical. It had to be for him to remain at the top of his game. He was a professional, with no emotions to hinder him. He and Mr Venables were little more than machines — killing machines.

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